How can marketers satisfy this unquenchable desire for new content? One technology that helps tackle the need for developing and delivering a constant stream of personalized content to customers is natural language generation (NLG).

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As is Apple's MO, the company made big waves today with the announcement of its latest iteration of the iPad. The new iPad features a faster processor and a higher resolution screen. On the outside, however, the new tablet will be virtually identical to the iPad 2.

Now available is the eBook Academic Subscription Collection from EBSCO Publishing. The collection supplies full-text ebooks, amassing to nearly 70,000 individual titles that cover a number of academic subjects. New titles will be added each month.

Mobile media company Zumobi, Inc. launched what it's calling an advertising advancement: The Zumobi Brand Integration (ZBi) platform melds advertising with content in mobile apps in a way that the company ensures is both interactive and relevant.

Though many newspaper executives report struggling to find a digital revenue model, there are some papers that are succeeding, a new study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

OpenText Corp. announced the general availability of its content management solution OpenText Tempo and also introduced Tempo Express Edition, a cloud-based sharing platform. Tempo Express can be used alone or alongside other content repositories.

Founded by editorial, PR, and marketing professionals, Original9 Media is a new content company that, with its content creation, distribution, and consulting services, aims to help businesses grow and engage their target audiences.

As it neared a milestone, Apple opened the Countdown to 25 Billion Apps competition, announcing that the person to download the 25-billionth app could win a $10,000 iTunes gift card. The free version of Where's My Water? set the record.

Ebook and audiobook distributor OverDrive, Inc. acquired ebook company Booki.sh, from Inventive Labs, in a deal of which terms were not disclosed. OverDrive plans to integrate Booki.sh's cloud-based, web-accessible platform.

Yandex tweaked its search results page in an effort to make it easier for users to find the latest information. For example, when users enter queries about events, Yandex will provide links to the most recent web documents, including links shared on Twitter.

At the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said that cable will eventually become an on-demand internet platform, leaving room for Netflix to become another programming provider.

Accumulate AB launched a mobile payment app for small merchants and trading events. The app is based on Pera Mobile and functions as a standalone point of sale terminal. Accumulate reports that the purchases are made as a money transfer.

Wiley-Blackwell, part of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., will add 44 titles new to its journal program, including 16 new launches and 40 journals published in collaboration with societies and other organizations. The titles will be rolled out this year.

Vasont Systems released the next interim version of its component content management system (CMS), Vasont ST 2.3. This release includes enhanced productivity tools and more support for third-party editing and publishing tools.

Pottermore, home of the Harry Potter ebooks, entered a distribution agreement with OverDrive, Inc. OverDrive will exclusively host the Harry Potter ebook and digital audiobook collection for its network of more than 18,000 public and school libraries.

Wiley-Blackwell, part of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., expanded its partnership with the British Educational Research Association. In 2013, they will publish two journals together: the British Educational Research Journal and the new Review of Education.

Covario, Inc. hosted a webinar for more than 100 digital marketers across the U.S. They discussed social media, content syndication, and search engine optimization (SEO). During the session, attendees were polled on their favorite social media and sharing sites.

Altova has updated its MissionKit suite of XML, database, and UML tools for the second time this year. Altova has incorporated more features that are commonly requested by MissionKit users, like EPUB support and RichEdit functionality.

Learn It Live, LLC has launched the Learn It Live Eudaimonia Symposium, a free global event that features more than 40 health, nutrition, and fitness experts. The symposium is being held online through Feb. 26 and offers more than 40 sessions.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris ruled that any program downloaded from major app stores should present a privacy policy that details what user information the software will have access to and how that data will be used.

CoreMedia AG developed a content management system tailored specifically for the media and entertainment industries. Users can create and deliver contextualized content in real time to their targeted online audiences.

Sociable Labs has rolled out a new commerce solution, EverShare, which combines sharing via Facebook's Open Graph with social curation. The goal of EverShare is to propel referral traffic and on-site conversion in an effort to boost social ROI.

Ex Libris Ltd. announced that Cairn.info has joined the group of more than 80 publishers whose scholarly content is searchable in Ex Libris' Primo Central Index. The Cairn.info platform contains academic journals in French, Belgian, and Swiss.

Smartphone apps created with appsbar, Inc.'s platform can now be shared and used on any site supported by HTML5, including Facebook. Additionally, appsbar has provided three more means to enhance users' apps' discoverability.

SpringCM updated Open Cloud Connector, its cloud-based content management integration service. The latest version has been designed to better connect content to structured data and end users across multiple web applications and portals.

TechBargains.com conducted a survey to gauge the market's purchase intent of the iPad 3, and the results indicate that 48% of respondents intend to buy Apple's latest tablet. The survey also found that 53% of Kindle Fire owners plan to invest in an iPad 3.

Google claims that Microsoft's privacy protection feature in Internet Explorer (IE) is impractical to comply with while still providing modern web functionality. Microsoft had accused Google of circumventing privacy protections in Internet Explorer.

The High Court of England and Wales has determined that filesharing site The Pirate Bay violates copyright laws on a large scale. Justice Richard Arnold said the site's operators "induce, incite or persuade its users to commit infringements. ..."

Barnes&Noble unveiled the Nook Tablet - 8 GB, which is selling at $199 a pop and now competing even more directly with Amazon's tablet in terms of storage, processor RAM, and price. The bookseller also released its 3Q 2012 earnings report.

Yandex has partnered with Twitter in an agreement that will license the full feed of all public tweets to Yandex's search engine. Tweets in Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, or Kazakh will appear in Yandex's Blog Search results in real time.

Miles 33 Ltd. and Localstars Ltd. inked a partnership that will allow Miles 33 to integrate Localstars' digital ad production tools to Mile 33's FutureProof platform. The deal will allow Miles 33 to offer digital ad solutions without external production processes.

News International, part of News Corp., released figures detailing print and digital subscriptions for The Times and The Sunday Times. While print circulation has steadily declined, it has yet to be trounced by digital counterparts.

After a developer discovered mobile social network Path had been uploading his contacts' data to its servers, Apple announced it will implement requirements for iOS apps that will seek explicit user approval before accessing address book data.

In wake of Apple's admission that mobile iOS apps have had access to users' contact data without permission, Google announced it's impossible for apps on an Android phone to share personal data with a developer unless users acquiesce.

Demandware, Inc. released a WordPress plug-in that provides retailers with the means to make content published on a WordPress blog "more social and shoppable." The app can be customized to meet individual brand requirements.

Rumors are swirling that Apple will announce the iPad 3 in early March. The Wall Street Journal reported that both AT&T and Verizon will stock 4G LTE-enabled editions. Both carriers sell the iPad 2 with 3G connectivity as well as a Wi-Fi-only edition.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission have approved Google's $12.5 billion offer to acquire Motorola. Both the Justice Department and the Commission did not deem the deal to be a threat to competition.

Despite heavy competition from tablets and smartphones, Sony will introduce a new hand-held game player to the U.S. market on Feb. 22. The PlayStation Vita is a stand-alone player but can also control a PlayStation console.

Starting today, the Obama administration will renew its #40dollars Twitter campaign. The President posted a 40-second video on YouTube in which he asks supporters to use the #40dollars hashtag or to add comments on the White House website.

Aptara, Inc. was acquired by iEnergizer Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Aptara will continue to operate as a standalone entity and retain its name. Sara Latham, chairman of the board for iEnergizer, and Anil Agarwal, its founder, will join Aptara's board of directors.

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) launched the OnCopyright Education Certificate Program. The program is comprised of industry-specific courses that are geared towards a number of different user communities and their respective challenges in managing copyright.

Amazon's Kindle e-reader is rumored to be launching in Japan and Brazil later this year, with Japan billed for as early as April and Brazil by June. Amazon launched Kindle stores in Spain, Italy, France, and Germany last year.

Google updated its YouTube app for Google TV with smoother navigation and several new features. Google says that the new version is faster than before and provides a better overall experience. The updated app is available via the Android Market.

Searchmetrics GmbH has made a host of digital marketing data freely available on its website, which will allow individuals and businesses to assess a website's search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising, social media visibility, and backlinks structure.

ContentNext Media, Inc., previously part of Guardian News & Media (GNM) Ltd., has joined forces with GigaOM, owned by Giga Omni Media, Inc. The terms of the deal will not be disclosed, but GigaOM is buying paidContent.org, mocoNews.net, contentSutra, and paidContent:UK.